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THE PARADOX OF THE

UNLIMITED PROGRESS OF SCIENCE

To all philosophers, to educated people, whoever they may be, to

specialized scientists, as well as to simple observers, we pose the question:

"Have you ever thought about the inevitable consequences which are to

result from unlimited progress?".

Already, because of the multiplicity of scientific acquisitions, man cannot

live without tremendous energy and endurance, in an atmosphere of hectic,

feverish, and unhealthy activity. He created the machine that increased his

means and his power of action a hundred fold, but he has become its slave and

its victim: slave in peace, victim in war. Distance no longer is an obstacle

to him; he travels speedily from one point of the earth to the other by air,

by sea and by land. We do not see however that this ease of traveling has made

him better or happier; for, while the adage says that travel broadens the

mind, it does not seem however to contribute much to strengthening the bonds

of concord and brotherhood which should unite peoples. Borders have never been

better guarded than today. Man possesses the marvelous ability to express his

thought and to make himself heard in the remotest countries, yet these very

means force new needs upon him. He can transmit and record light and sound

vibrations, without gaining much else from it save the vain satisfaction of

his curiosity, save a subjection rather unfavorable to his intellectual

growth. Opaque bodies have become permeable to his glance, and, while he can

now fathom the heavy matter, on the other hand, what does he know of himself,

that is, of his origin, his essence, and his destiny?

Satisfied desires are followed by new, unfulfilled desires. We emphasize

it: man always wants to go fast, ever faster, and this agitation is such that

the possibilities at his disposal become insufficient. Carried away by his

passion, his desires and his phobias, the horizon of his hopes recedes

indefinitely. It is the frantic race towards the abyss, a constant wearing, an

impatient and frenzied activity implemented without respite or rest. "In our

century", said Jules Simon, quite rightly, "one must walk or run; whoever

stops is lost". At this pace, at this rate, physical health collapses. In

spite of the diffusion and the observance of rules of hygiene, and of

prophylactic measures and despite the piling up of chemical drugs, illness

continues its ravages with an untiring perseverance. To such extent that the

organized fight against unknown plagues seems to have no other result but to

cause new ones to appear, more acute, and more stubborn.

Nature herself gives us unequivocal signs of weariness: she is becoming

lazy. It is only by dint of chemical fertilizers that the farmer now obtains

average value crops. Ask a peasant, he will tell you that "the earth is

dying", that seasons are disturbed, the climate modified. Every growing thing

lacks sap and resistance, Plants wither --- this fact is officially recognized

--- and prove unable t react against the invasion of parasitic insects or the

attack of diseases involving mycelium.

Finally, we will reveal nothing by saying that the greatest part of

discoveries, first oriented towards the increase of human well-being, were

rapidly diverted from their goal and specifically applied to destruction.

Instruments of peace are turned into machines of war and we already know too

well the dominating role science played in modern cataclysms. Such is,

unfortunately, the final goal, the outcome of scientific investigation; and

such is also the reason why man who pursued it with criminal intent, calls

divine justice upon him and finds himself bound to be condemned by it.

So as to avoid the blame, that no doubt would have been addressed to them,

of perverting peoples, the Philosophers always refused to openly teach the

truths they had acquired or received from Antiquity. Bernardin de Saint-Pierre

proves he knew this rule of wisdom when he states at the end of his Indian

Cottage: "Truth should be searched with a simple heart; it will be found in

nature; it must be told only to decent people". By ignorance of or by contempt

for this first condition, exotericism spread unrest into mankind.